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1 4- 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 '4 1 COLLEGE FOOTBALL Section Page 14 I Fort Worth Star-Telegram I Sunday December 1 19911 Florida finally solves 'sr am Houston ousted 9 -A slumping Florida State '4 Texas MeNeese fall 1 9 The Associated Press rushing yards 63 tita Mt olik I From Wire Repons GAINESVILLE Fla Florida "It was one of the most emotional i LNi 1 1 -1 MURFREESBORO Tenn TexasSLC State the nation's top college foot- games I think I've ever been around Garth Petrilli kicked a game-win- i ball team for nearly three months is as a player or as a coach" Florida 'i 00x0r I fling extra point in overtime yester- nowonly third-best in itsown state coach Steve Spurrier said "There 4 $fl 44 iitti-e V---0- 1 2 day as Middle Tennessee State beat for East Texas in the second quarter East No 5 Florida handed the third- was constant electricity It seemed krOttkis 4411kS I''''A 1 Sam Houston State 20-19 in the ranked Seminoles their second con- thegame depended on every play" --4-kl CT herpamsatna taen ad dad5e od -ay2a r6d- yt oa ur dc hr udnobwynDpaavsi cis secutive loss yesterday knocking its Matthews who completed I 3 of 111hfl sr '1 -A 0 1 first round of the NCAA Division I- from Mike Meador to Eddie Tenison in the intrastate rival out of the national 30 passes for208 yards gave Florida I 'Ik '11X'114t? -J 1 AA football playoffs third quarter to cut the Gorillas' lead to 31- 100 1 1 Middle Tennessee (9-3 6-1 Ohio 28 victory right to avoid a heavy rush and championship picture with a 14-9 a 14-3 lead when he rolled to his i 40 s'10z: 4ri N'1411- Valley Conference) and Sam Hous- Dawson put the game away for olk Pittsburg State with a 2-yard run in the ton State (8-3- 1 5-2Southland con- The triumph was the eighth con- found Harrison Houston streaking 'akitr i' fourth quarter sccutive for Florida (10-1) which downfield against Florida State 1 i i 4 i- i'i I ference) scored during the overtime Hutchins completed 5 of 19 passes for won its first official Southeastern linebacker Reggie Freeman on a 72- 1 )61 i 1 Vlk Kieriiondmbisustedthtehe Beexatrrkaa- ts extra-point i nMt Mark 95 yards and ran for 94 yards on 28 car- A 14143 NIP period nes Ronald Moore led the Gorillas with Conference title this season and is yard touchdown play 1 123 yards on 30 carries and one touch- headed to the Sugar Bowl to play Freeman was left with single coy- 1--10 401! tempt after Chris Thomas scored on down a 1-yard run Meador finished with 310 yards on 17- Notre Dame on Jan I It also erage of Houston when Florida '1 I stopped Florida's four-game losing State cornerback Terrell Buckley t''' i 01 1 The Blue Raiders capitalized on of-40 passing but also threw four inter- 0' 't 4 0' that mistake with a 10-yard touch- ceptions streak to Florida State and means moved up to stop Matthews from 1 -2- 1 the Gators are no worse than sec- running Freeman trailing the re- Associated Press down run by Joe Campbell and Nevada 22 MeNeese State 16 ond-best in the state after being con- ceiver slightly overran the pass I Casey Weldon watches Florida's Tim Paulk scoop up his fumble Petrilli's extra point to take the vie- RENO Nev Dedrick Holmes ran for 1 tory 133 yards and Fred Gatlin threw two: sidered No 3 the past five years while Houston made an adjustment Campbell and Petrilli sent the touchdown passes leading the top- "It's been a long time coming" and sprinted away from the stum- Weldon who completed 24 of 51 make a first down until two minutes ranked Wolf Pack (12-0) past the South- game into overtime on a 2-yard Florida defensive tackle Brad Cul- bling linebacker after making the passes for 305 yards had similar into the second period it 13- 13 with 2:31 to go that 4-2) in the first round of the I-AA playoffs! land Conference champion Cowboys (6- at pepper said "I'd rather beat them catch problems producing points in the The Seminoles settled for a 19- touchdown made run and extra point in 4 'four years in a row but I'm proud to "It was a busted play really" said Seminoles' 17-16 loss to Miami yard field goal by Gerry Thomas on The Wolf Pack will play host to 13th ranked Youngstown State a 17-16 I be part of the team that stopped the Buckley a high school teammate of The Seminoles failed to score touch- their most promising drive of the streak" Matthews who had two intercep- downs on three possessions inside first half failing to get into the end regulation Sam Houston State led 13-3 in winner against Villanova in the quarterfi- nals Saturday Florida that brought the game within thir quarter before etrorida State 10-2) lost the No 1 tions and set a NCAA record for the 20 against the Hurricanes and zone after Weldon's 8-yard comple- the The victory also extended Nevada's second field goal a 3 3- school-record home winning va it the ranking to Miami two weeks ago and return yardage in a career sputtered whenever they got near tion to Kez McCorvey gave Florida kicked his econd i finishes last in the state by virtue of "Shane is the type of athlete who the goal-line again yesterday State a first down at the Florida I yarhin games Inc ding our co hings ecsurte playoffs The Wolf Pack has won eight of its 0-2 record against the Hurricanes turns busted plays into touchdowns Penalties undermined two reach its past nine home playoff games dating to and Gators The Seminoles will The receiver was covered Reggie threats and Weldon was sacked and R3613 State 0 3 0 6 9 Campbell ended the day with 202 1983 Fb 0 7 7 0 14 rushing yards and two touchdowns close the season against Texas just slipped" fumbled for a 23-yard loss to knock Keith Washington scored on a 2-yard Thomas 19 Middle Tennessee State travels to run with 5:30 remaining in the first quarter in the Mobil Cotton Bowl on Jan 1 The 11-point lead appeared safe Florida State out of field-goal range 3 run (Czyzewski luck) in Dallas until late in the fourth quarter when on one drive On the last march FFslat-ifitst2on5 72 pass from We frldon (pass failed) from Matthews (Czyzewski luck) pass Eastern Kentucky on Saturday to play in the I-AA quarterfinals and Gatlin connected with Bryan ReeveS for a 48-yard touchdown pass one minute "Being No 1 we were a target all Weldon who lost one fumble and Matthews couldn't get the ball to a A-85461 into the second to make it 13-0 year We might have run out ofsome threw an interception finally got the wide-open Kevin Knox on third Teem statistics Pittsburg State 38 McNeese State punter Pat Neck took 0 FIX Re East Texas State 28 juice at the end" Florida State Seminoles' offense on track down then had a fourth-pass bro- First downs 20 16 bad snap into the end zone for a safety quarterback Casey Weldon said "I Florida State which failed to ken up in the end zone by Florida's Fplaushes-yards 26-37 39-117 PITTSBURG Kan Darren Dawson The Cowboys' lone score in the half came ssi scored three touchdowns as the Gorillas on a 32-yard field goal by Eric Roberts don't think we can even consider it a score a touchdown on two posses- Will White ReturNods 305 208 129 63 'i Comp-An-Int 24-51-1 13-30-3 good season now with the expecta- sions inside the Florida 5-yard line "We played good enough to win Punts 6-50 (1 11-1) held off a strong rally by the Lions Nevada made it 22-3 on a 48-yard 7-47 (8-4-1) in the quarterfinals of the NCAA tions we had" drove 80 yards to pull within six the game except for our goal-line Fpuenalariessilyosartds 4-1 7-65 1-0 Division II playoffs touchdown pass from Gatlin to Chris Sin- 8-75 Shane Matthews threw for 208 points when Amp Lee scored on a offense" Florida State coach Bobby Time of Possession 2925 3035 Pittsburg State will travel to Oregon on gleton with 9:03 remaining in the third quarter yards and one touchdown and Errict 25-yard pass play with 5:24 to go Bowden said "Our defense played irdvitsi guaisits Saturday to meet Portland State in the Rhett rushed for 109 yards and one The Seminoles got the ball back a about as good as they could play" RtIng' Ronda State Lee 9-24 Jackson 6-22 Bennen 5- Florida Rhen 24-109: McClendon 3-7: semifinals McNeese State rallied in the founh guar- Dawson scored twice James Jenkins ter behind quarterback Eric Acheson'9 I touchdown The key though was minute later but Weldon's bid to Florida State averaging nearly McNabb 15 added a field goal and Brian Hutchins hit two touchdown passes an 18-yarder to the Florida defense which harassed overcome a poor three quarters fell 460 yards and 39 points per game mairet 73-30-3-208 Ronda State Weldon 24-51-1-305 Florida Brian Pinamonti with a 17-yard touch- Adam Henry and a 10-yarder to Chris Fort Weldon into a subpar performance short when Florida stopped him on was held to 18 yards net offense in 6-61 down pass as Pittsburg State took a 31-0 tenette 1-1Roehcnnh --49FeldaackSsontat2-28FlorTialksonner 4-35: lead in the second quarter 1 and held Florida State to 37 net downs at the Gators' 14 the opening quarter and didn't Rhen 4-31 Houston 2-76 But Gary Perry scored two touchdowns Summaries PAGE 15 STANDINGS Alabama ices Auburn's rare losing 13-6 Atlantic Coast From Wire Reports Conf Season t- LT WLT i lq 1' A BIRMINGHAM Ala Fresh- tlw' man David Palmer's running and The Bowls it Clemson 6 01 911 yd 11' Carolina St 5 2 0 9 2 0 '41) --t itill receiving led No 8 Alabama to a 13- Bowl Time Date Site TV Per team Matchup Georgia Tech 5 2 0 7 5 0 A 1 6 college football victory against Au- Virginia 4 2 1 8 2 1 ---4 4 4 burn yesterday saddling the Tigers Calif Raisin 3 pm Dec 14 Fresno SportsCh $250000 Bowling Green vs Fresno St Carolina 3 4 0 7 4 0 "Ntal: At with their first losing season since Eagle Aloha 2:30 pm Dec 25 Honolulu Ch 8 $650000 Stanford vs Georgia Tech Maryland 2 5 0 2 9 0 A C'N 'e -4 198 1 Blockbuster 8 pm Dec 28 Miami Ch 4 $16 mil Alabama vs Colorado 0In 1ImrI 110 Tion 90 Qbravannyi ri ci egcn non notirtr a uct A ritarictaa COLLEGE FOOTBALL Florida finally solves slumping Florida State The Associated Press GAINESVILLE Fla Florida State the nation's top college football team for nearly three months is now only third-best in itsown state No 5 Florida handed the third-ranked Seminoles their second consecutive loss yesterday knocking its intrastate rival out of the national championship picture with a 14-9 victory The triumph was the eighth consecutive for Florida (10-1) which won its first official Southeastern Conference title this season and is headed to the Sugar Bowl to play Notre Dame on Jan 1 It also stopped Florida's four-game losing streak to Florida State and means the Gators are no worse than second-best in the state after being considered No 3 the past five years "It's been a long time coming" Florida defensive tackle Brad Culpepper said "I'd rather beat them 'four years in a row but I'm proud to be part of the team that stopped the streak" Florida State I 0-2) lost the No I ranking to Miami two weeks ago and finishes last in the state by virtue of its 0-2 record against the Hurricanes and Gators The Seminoles will close the season against Texas in the Mobil Cotton Bowl on Jan I in Dallas "Being No I we were a target all year We might have run out of some juice at the end" Florida State quarterback Casey Weldon said "I don't think we can even consider it a good season now with the expectations we had" Shane Matthews threw for 208 yards and one touchdown and Errict Rhett rushed for I 09 yards and one touchdown The key though was the Florida defense which harassed Weldon into a subpar performance and held Florida State to 37 net STANDINGS Atlantic Coast Conf Season LT WLT Clemson 6 01 911 Carolina St 5 2 0 9 2 0 Georgia Tech 5 2 0 7 5 0 Virginia 4 2 1 8 2 1 Carolina 3 4 0 7 4 0 Maryland 2 5 0 2 9 0 rushing yards "It was one of the most emotional games I think I've ever been around as a player or as a coach" Florida coach Steve Spurrier said "There was constant electricity It seemed the game depended on every play" Matthews who completed 13 of 30 passes for 208 yards gave Florida a 14-3 lead when he rolled to his right to avoid a heavy rush and found Harrison Houston streaking downfield against Florida State linebacker Reggie Freeman on a 72- yard touchdown play Freeman was left with single coverage of Houston when Florida State cornerback Terrell Buckley moved up to stop Matthews from running Freeman trailing the receiver slightly overran the pass while Houston made an adjustment and sprinted away from the stumbling linebacker after making the catch "It was a busted play really" said Buckley a high school teammate of Matthews who had two interceptions and set a NCAA record for return yardage in a career "Shane is the type of athlete who turns busted plays into touchdowns The receiver was covered Reggie just slipped" The 11-point lead appeared safe until late in the fourth quarter when Weldon who lost one fumble and threw an interception finally got the Seminoles' offense on track Florida State which failed to score a touchdown on two possessions inside the Florida 5-yard line drove 80 yards to pull within six points when Amp Lee scored on a 25-yard pass play with 5:24 to go The Seminoles got the ball back a minute later but Weldon's bid to overcome a poor three quarters fell short when Florida stopped him on downs at the Gators' 14 17- it yo tw 41imf i i "Ai ig a I 3 ''''1N444 '34 Casey Weldon watches Florida's Weldon who completed 24 of 51 passes for 305 yards had similar problems producing points in the Seminoles' 17-16 loss to Miami The Seminoles failed to score touchdowns on three possessions inside the 20 against the Hurricanes and sputtered whenever they got near the goal-line again yesterday Penalties undermined two threats and Weldon was sacked and fumbled for a 23-yard loss to knock Florida State out of field-goal range on one drive On the last march Matthews couldn't get the ball to a wide-open Kevin Knox on third down then had a fourth-pass broken up in the end zone by Florida's Will White "We played good enough to win the game except for our goal-line offense" Florida State coach Bobby Bowden said "Our defense played about as good as they could play" Florida State averaging nearly 460 yards and 39 points per game was held to 18 yards net offense in the opening quarter and didn't Alabama ices Auburn's From Wire Repons BIRMINGHAM Ala Freshman David Palmer's running and receiving led No 8 Alabama to a 13- 6 college football victory against Auburn yesterday saddling the Tigers with their first losing season since 1981 I Associated Press Tim Pau lk scoop up his fumble make a first down until two minutes into the second period The Seminoles settled for a I 9- yard field goal by Gerry Thomas on their most promising drive of the first half failing to get into the end zone after Weldon's 8-yard completion to Kez McCorvey gave Florida State a first down at the Florida I Roride State 0 3 0 6 9 Rohde 0 7 7 0 14 Thomas 19 3 run (Czyzewski kick) 72 pass from Matthews (Czyzewski kick) 25 pass from Weldon (pass failed) A-85461 Team statistics FSU Rt First downs 20 16 Rushes-yards 26-37 39-117 Passing 305 208 Return -'0ods 129 63 Comp-An-int 24-51-1 13-30-3 Punts 6-50 7-47 Fumbles-lost 4- 1 1-0 Penalties-Yards 7-65 8-75 Time of Possession 29:25 30:35 ststistics Rusting Fonda State Lee 9-24 Jackson 6-22 Bennett 5-19 Florida Ithen 24-109 McClendon 3-7 McNabb 3-5 Passing Ronda State Weldon 24-51-1-305 Florida Matthews 13-30-3-208 Receiving State KMcCorvey 6-89 Frier 6-61 LJohnson 3-49 2-28 Florida WJackson 4-35 8hen 4-31 Houston 2-76 The Bowls Bows Calif Raisin Eagle Aloha Blockbuster Poulan Independence Time Date 3 pm Dec 14 2:30 pm Dec 25 8 pm Dec 28 1:30 Dec 29 Section Page 14 Fort Worth Star Sam Houston ousted Texas Mc Neese fall From Wire Repons MURFREESBORO Tenn Garth Petri Ili kicked a game-winning extra point in overtime yesterday as Middle Tennessee State beat Sam Houston State 20-19 in the first round of the NCAA Division IAA football playoffs Middle Tennessee (9-3 6-1 Ohio Valley Conference) and Sam Houston State (8-3-1 5-2 Southland Conference) scored during the overtime period but the Bearkats' Mark Klein missed the extra-point attempt after Chris Thomas scored on a 1-yard run The Blue Raiders capitalized on that mistake with a 10-yard touchdown run by Joe Campbell and Petrilli's extra point to take the victory Campbell and Petrilli sent the game into overtime on a 2-yard touchdown run and extra point that made it 13-13 with 2:31 to go in regulation Sam Houston State led 13-3 in the third quarter before Petrilli kicked his second field goal a 33- yarder that brought the game within reach Campbell ended the day with 202 rushing yards and two touchdowns Middle Tennessee State travels to Eastern Kentucky on Saturday to play in the 1-AA quarterfinals Pittsburg State 38 East Texas State 28 PITTSBURG Kan Darren Dawson scored three touchdowns as the Gorillas (1 1-1-1) held off a strong rally by the Lions (8-4-1) in the quarterfinals of the NCAA Division ll playoffs Pittsburg State will travel to Oregon on Saturday to meet Portland State in the semifinals Dawson scored twice James Jenkins added a field goal and Brian Hutchins hit Brian Pinamonti with a 17-yard touchdown pass as Pittsburg State took a 31-0 lead in the second quarter But Gary Perry scored two touchdowns rare losing Site TV Per team Fresno Sports Ch $250000 Honolulu Ch 8 $650000 Miami Ch 4 $16 mil Shreveport Ch 8 $650000 Telegram Sunday December 1 19911 TexasSLC for East Texas in the second quarter East Texas State added a 26-yard run by David Chapman and a 50-yard touchdown pass from Mike Meador to Eddie Tenison in the third quarter to cut the Gorillas lead to 31- 28 Dawson put the game away for Pittsburg State with a 2-yard run in the fourth quarter Hutchins completed 5 of 19 passes for 95 yards and ran for 94 yards on 28 carries Ronald Moore led the Gorillas with 123 yards on 30 carries and one touchdown Meador finished with 310 yards on 17- of-40 passing but also threw four interceptions Nevada 22 MeNeese State 16 RENO Nev Dedrick Holmes ran for 133 yards and Fred Gatlin threw two: touchdown passes leading the top-ranked Wolf Pack (12-0) past the Southland Conference champion Cowboys (6- 4-2) in the first round of the I-AA playoffs! The Wolf Pack will play host to 13th ranked Youngstown State a 17-16 winner against Villanova in the quarterfinals Saturday The victory also extended Nevada's school-record home winning streak to 22 games including four consecutive in the playoffs The WO Pack has won eight of its past nine home playoff games dating to 1983 Keith Washington scored on a 2-yard run with 5:30 remaining in the first quarter and Gatlin connected with Bryan Reeveg for a 48-yard touchdown pass one minute into the second to make it 13-0 McNeese State punter Pat Neck took bad snap into the end zone for a safety The Cowboys lone score in the half came on a 32-yard field goal by Eric Roberts Nevada made it 22-3 on a 48-yard touchdown pass from Gatlin to Chris Singleton with 9:03 remaining in the third quarter McNeese State rallied in the founh quarter behind quarterback Eric Acheson' two touchdown passes an 18-yarder to Adam Henry and a 10-yarder to Chris For tenette Summaries PAGE I year 13-6 Matchup Bowling Green vs Fresno St Stanford vs Georgia Tech Alabama vs Colorado Georgia vs Arkansas Associated Press Shane Matthews: Led Florida to the SEC championship Yesterday's results Florida 14 Florida State 9 Georgia 18 Georgia Tech 15 Tennessee 45 Vanderbilt 0 Alabama 13 Auburn 6 Western Athletic Conf Season LT LT BYU 7 01 831 San Diego St 6 1 1 8 3 1 Air Force 6 2 0 9 3 0 Utah 4 4 0 7 5 0 Hawaii 3 5 0 4 6 1 Tx-ElPaso 2 5 1 4 7 1 Wyoming 2 5 1 4 6 1 Colo St 2 6 0 3 8 0 New Mex 2 6 0 3 9 0 Yesterday's result Miami 39 San Diego State 12 Independents LT 10 1 0 10 2 0 10 2 0 812 920 ie 830 560 560 4 60 470 470 362 281 290 290 1 10 0 0 10 0 ECarolina Florida St Penn St La Tech Tulsa Notre Dame MemphSt Akron Army Cincinnati SW La Louisville Tulane Navy Yesterday's results Florida 14 Florida State 9 Tulsa 31 SMU 26 Notre Dame at Hawaii a Call 817332-6221 or come by Casa Mariana Theatre 3101 Lancaster tl'r4''''1470 i -41 A i op 1 7' All' I )I "44 44 o' fr or A Memphis ESPN $1 mil Jacksonville TBS $12 mil San Diego ESPN $13 mil Anaheim Ch 21 $650000 El Paso Ch 4 $900000 Tucson TBS $650000 Atlanta ESPN $850000 Tampa Ch 5 $1 mil Orlando Ch 8 $135 mil Dallas Ch 4 $3 mil Tempe Ch 5 $2 mil Pasadena Ch 8 $6 mil Miami Ch 5 $4 mil New Orleans Ch 8 $355 mil a 39-12 14-9 14-9 14 19-14 18-15 Next game vs Nebraska Jan 1 vs Michigan Jan 1 vs Texas Jan 1 vs Washington Jan I vs Notre Dame Jan I vs Tennessee Jan 1 vs BY11 Dec 30 vs Colorado Dec 28 vs Penn State Jan 1 vs Florida St Jan 1 vs Miami Jan 1 vs NC State Jan 1 vs California Jan 1 vs Clemson Jan 1 vs Alabama Dec 28 vs Ohio State Jan 1 vs Ga Tech Dec 25 vs Florida Jan 1 vs Virginia Dec 29 vs Oklahoma Dec 29 vs Carolina Jan 1 vs San Diego St Dec 30 vs Illinois Dec 31 vs Syracuse Jan 1 vs Arkansas Dec 29 the kicker and Landau got another chance to tie it But Picou broke through and blocked it Grambling took a 30-24 lead on a 9-yard touchdown pass from reserve quarterback Eric Bryant to Derrick Ned as the fourth quarter began Southern scored the winning touchdown with 6:27 remaining on the 70-yard pass from Harrison to Thomas Eddie Robinson finished his 48th season in 50 years as Grambling's coach with an overall record of 372-133-15 Dayton 28 Allegheny 25 MEADVILLE Pa Bill Franks caught a 4-yard touchdown pass in overtime as the Flyers (12-0) beat the defending NCAA Division III champion Gators (11-1) snapping the nation's longest winning streak at 24 Dayton had a 22-game winning streak ended by Allegheny in last year's playoffs was the first loss for Allegheny since the final game of the 1989 season when it was beaten by Rochester 26-19 Allegheny trailed 23-7 at the start of the fourth quarter but forced the overtime on a pair of scoring runs by Damon Dosch two-point conversion pass frol'n Ben Cammarano to Kurt Reiser tied the score with 5:38 to play Air Force vs Mississippi State Virginia vs Oklahoma Iowa vs Brigham Young Tulsa vs San Diego State Illinois vs UCLA Baylor vs Indiana East Carolina vs North Carolina State Syracuse vs Ohio State Clemson vs California Texas MEM vs Florida State Penn State vs Tennessee Michigan vs Washington Miami vs Nebraska Notre Dame vs Florida Liberty Mazda Gator Thrifty Car Holiday Freedom John Hancock Domino's Copper Peach Hall of Fame Florida Citrus Mobil Cotton Sunkist Fiesta Rose Fed Exp Orange Sugar pm 7 pm Dec 29 7 pm Dec 29 7 pm Dec 30 8 pm Dec 30 1:30 pm Dec 31 7 pm Dec 31 10:30 am Jan 1 Noon Jan 1 12:30 pm Jan 1 12:30 pm Jan 1 3:30 pm Jan 1 4 pm Jan 1 7 pm Jan 1 7:20 pm Jan 1 The AP Top 25 Team W-L-T This week 1 Miami Fla 11-0-0 San Diego St 2 Washington 11-0-0 Idle 3 Florida State 10-2-0 lost to Florida 4 Michigan 10-1-0 Idle 5 Florida 10-1-0 Florida State 6 Penn State 10-2-0 Pittsburgh 7 Iowa 10-1-0 Idle 8 Alabama 10-1-0 Auburn 13-6 9 Tennessee 9-2-0 Vanderbilt 10 Texas 10-1-0 Texas 31-14 11 Nebraska 9-1-1 Oklahoma 19 12 East Carolina 10-1-0 Idle 13 Clemson 9-1-1 Duke 34-21 14 California 9-2-0 Idle 15 Colorado 8-2-1 Idle 16 Syracuse 9-2-0 Idle 17 Stanford 8-3-0 Idle 18 Notre Dame 8-3-0 at Hawaii 19 Oklahoma 8-3-0 lost to Nebraska 20 Virginia 8-2-1 Idle 21 NC State 9-2-0 Idle 22 Tulsa 9-2-0 SMU 31-26 23 UCLA 8-3-0 Idle 24 Ohio State 8-3-0 Idle 25 Georgia 8-3-0 Georgia Tech Birmingham Ala at Tokyo National first time in school history The Vols got 145 yards and two touchdowns from James "Little Man" Stewart 115 yards from backup Aaron Hayden and 107 from third-team tailback Mose Phillips Receiver Ronald Davis scored from 32 yards Out on a reverse Vanderbilt which has been primarily a running team gained only 150 rushing yards and a total of 231 Tennessee gained 606 yards Southern U31 Grambling St 30 NEW ORLEANS Malcolm Picou blocked an extra-point attempt and Nathaniel Harrison threw a 70-yard touchdown pass to Bryan Thomas in the fourth quarter to lead the Jaguars (4-7 4-3 Southwestern Athletic Conference) past the Tigers (5-6 3-4) in the Bayou Classic Grambling had pulled within one 24- 23 on Nate Singleton's second touchdown on a 3-yard wingback reverse but Gilad Landau missed the kick for point Southern was penalized for roughing It A Duke 1 60 461 Wake Forest 1 6 0 3 8 0 Yeiterday's results Georgia 18 Georgia Tech 15 Clemson 34 Duke 21 Big East Conf Season LT Miami 0 0 11 Syracuse 0 0 9 Pittsburgh 0 0 7 Virginia 0 0 6 Rutgers 0 0 6 Virginia Tech 0 0 5 Boston College 0 0 4 Temnle 0 0 2 0 2 4 5 5 6 7 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Rutgers 0 0 0 Virginia Tech 0 0 0 Boston College 0 0 0 Temple 0 0 0 Yesterday's result Miami 39 San Diego State 12 Big Eight Conf LT Nebraska 6 0 1 Colorado 6 0 1 Oklahoma 5 2 0 Kansas St 4 3 0 Kansas 3 4 0 Iowa St 1 5 1 Missouri 1 6 0 Oklahoma St 0 6 1 Season 9 1 8 2 83 74 65 37 37 0 10 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 Big Ten Conf LT 8 00 7 10 Season 10 1 10 1 83 64 65 47 38 38 56 29 0 0 0 1 Michigan Iowa Ohio St Indiana Illinois Purdue Michigan St Northwestern Wisconsin Minnesota 5 5 4 3 3 2 2 1 3 0 3 0 4 0 5 0 5 0 6 0 60 70 Rac-10 Conf LT 8 00 6 20 6 20 6 20 4 40 3 50 3 50 2 60 Season 11 0 9 2 Washington 8 California 6 Stanford 6 UCLA 6 Arizona St 4 Arizona 3 Washington St 3 Soouthern Cal 2 Stanford 6 2 8 UCLA 6 2 8 Arizona St 4 4 6 Arizona 3 5 4 Washington St 3 5 4 Soouthern Cal 2 6 3 Oregon 1 7 3 Oregon St 1 7 1 3 3 5 7 7 8 8 10 Southeastern Conf Season 7 0 6 1 5 2 4 3 43 34 34 25 16 07 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 10 9 8 7 5 5 5 5 3 1 1 2 3 4 6 6 6 6 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Florida Alabama Tennessee Georgia Miss St LSU Vanderbilt Auburn Mississippi Kentucky Alabama (10-1) which beat Auburn for the second consecutive year will play No 15 Colorado in the Blockbuster Bowl on Dec 28 Auburn (5-6) won't be going to a bowl game for the first time since 1982 Palmer lined up for one play at quarterback and made it good dodging three defenders at the end of a 10-yard scoring run to the right corner A 68-yard pass play from Jay Barker to Kevin Turner preceded Palmer's touchdown Matt Wethington kicked field goals of 38 and 39 yards for Alabama and Jim Von Wyl had kicks of 26 and 22 yards for Auburn the last coming after the Tigers moved to a first down at the Alabama 1 but wound up on the 5 after three plays Palmer caught a 47-yard pass from Barker to set up Wethington's second field goal which gave Alabama a 13-3 lead in the third period No1 Miami 39 San Diego St 12 Gino Torretta threw for a school-record 485 yards and touchdowns covering 66 42 69 and 30 yards as the Hurricanes (11- 0) routed the Aztecs (8-3-1) The convincing victory made it almost certain the Hurricanes will retain the No 1 ranking going into their Orange Bowl clash against Nebraska on New Year's night A new poll will be released today second-ranked Washington (11-0) trailed Miami by 15 first-place votes last week The Hurricanes completed their third perfect regular season since 1986 The Aztecs' Marshall Faulk became the first freshman to win the NCAA rushing title He gained 154 yards on 27 carries to finish the season with 1429 yards in nine games Faulk also won the scoring title with 23 touchdowns but failed to reach the end zone against Miami which allowed only 100 points this season fewest in the nation Torretta a junior completed 23 of 44 passes and broke his own school record of 468 yards set against San Jose State in 1989 No 25 Georgia 18 Georgia Tech 15 ATLANTA Garrison Hearst scored on a 69-yard run and set up the winning field goal with a 30-yard run as the Bulldogs (8- 3) beat the Yellow Jackets (7-5) Hearst ran for 175 yards against the nation's seventh-best rushing defense which had been allowing only 100 yards per game on the ground Georgia snapped a two-game losing streak in the series and ended Tech's 17- game home winning streak The Bulldogs bound for an Independence Bowl matchup with Arkansas broke a 1 5-1 5 tie on Ka-non Parkman's 34-yard field goal with 1:46 to go in the third quarter No9 Tennessee 45 Vanderbilt 0 KNOXVILLE Tenn Andy Kelly threw two touchdown passes one to defensive tackle Shazzon Bradley on a fake field goal and the Volunteers (9-2 5-2 Southeastern Conference) rushed for 415 yards to rout the Commodores (5-6 3-4) Tennessee beat Vandertilt at its own game controlling the ball on the ground with three rushers above 100 yards for the Allegheny lost junior tailback Stanley Drayton to a hip injury in the third quartet Drayton who set Division lii single-season records for points and touchdowns was held to 79 yards on 16 carries He caught one pass for 54 yards Division I-AA playoffs Jeff Wilkins kicked a 33-yard field goal with six seconds remaining giving Youngstown State (9-3) a 1 7-1 6 victory against Villanova (10-2) in the first round of the NCAA Division I-AA playoffs in Youngstown Ohio Dewey Klein kicked a 28-yard field goal in overtime to give Marshall (9-3) a 20-17 victory against Western Illinois (7-4-1) in Huntington Va sending the Thundering Herd into the I-AA quarterfinals Jay Johnsan passed for three touchdowns and Mike Schulte scored three times to help Northern Iowa (11-1) to a 38-21 victory against Weber State in Cedar Falls Iowa Markus Thomas rushed for 185 yards including a 72-yard touchdown on a rain-soaked field as Eastern Kentucky (11-1) took a 14-3 victory against Appalachian State (8-4) in Richmond Ky Kenny Sims scored three touchdowns to help lead James Madison (9-3) to a 42-35 double-overtime victory against Delaware (10-2) in Newark Del 7 Division II playoffs Michael Mann and Jay Murray each rushed for two touchdowns as top-ranked Indiana Pa (12-0) coasted to a 52-7 victory against Shippensburg (10-3) in the NCAA Division II playoffs in Indiana Pa Indiana advanced to the semifinals for the third consecutive year Sean Richardson rushed for two third-quarter touchdowns as Jacksonville State (11-0) routed rolled to a 35-7 victory against Mississippi College (7-4-1) in Jacksonville Ala John Charles threw for four touchdowns and Rais Aho rushed for 178 yards as Portland State (11-2) came from behind for the second consecutive week and beet Mankato State (8-4) 37-27 in Portlansd Ore Division III playoffs Jim Filipovits rolled left for a 2-yard touchdown with 47 seconds to play to send Susquehanna (11-1) to a 31-24 victory against Lycoming (10-1) in Selinsgrove Pa and its first trip to the NCAA Division III semifinals Lycoming had dealt Susquehanna its only loss Nov 9 35-31 Todd Wilkowski threw two long touchdown passes as Ithaca (10-1) handed Union (10-1) a 35-23 loss in Ithada NY to advance to the Division III semifinals The loss snapped an 18-game winning streak tpr Union Summaries PAGE j5 Here's Love The Musical Version of Miracle on 34111 Street 'q jr WWI.